We are very thankful to the following groups for ongoing funding in the winter/spring of 2023:

• Department of Defense for support of MXene and QDN surface science related to chemical warfare resistance in elastomeric materials
• Honeywell International Inc. for support of metal-organic framework surface science.
• Gaponstev Award for photonic effects in 2D layered semiconductors (Titova, PI)
• NSF DMR-2018326, MRI: Acquisition of a Time-Resolved Spectrometer Spanning Ultraviolet to Terahertz Spectral Range for Materials Research (Titova, PI).